Jane Austen was born in Stevenson, a small town near Hampshire, England, December 16th 1775. She was the seventh child…
Joan of Arc
Joan of arc was a French peasant girl that believed that God had sent her to lead France to victory…
The Glorious Revolution
Glorious Revolution, also called Revolution of 1688 or Bloodless Revolution, in English history, the events of 1688–89 that resulted in the deposition of…
William Wilberforce
William Wilberforce was born in Hull on 24 August 1759, and he was the son of a wealthy merchant. While…
Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell (born April 25, 1599, Huntingdon, Huntingdonshire, England—died September 3, 1658, London) was an English soldier and statesman, who…
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary, Queen of Scots (December 8, 1542 to February 8, 1587), also known as Mary Stuart or Queen Mary I,…
Elisabeth I
Queen Elizabeth I (September 7, 1533 to March 24, 1603), the daughter of King Henry VIII and his second wife Anne Boleyn, Elizabeth…
Thomas More
Thomas More wrote Utopia in 1516, which was the forerunner of the utopian literary genre. More served as an important counselor to…
Henry VIII
Henry Tudor (June 28, 1491 to January 28, 1547) was the king of England from 1509 until his death in…
William the Mashall
William The Marshal was born around 1146, and as the younger son of minor noble, he didn’t expect to heir…